2013 Kinetic Process Innovation Award Winners Announced

2013 Kinetic Process Innovation Award Winners Announced
Awards Recognize Outstanding Achievements in the Application of
Innovation and Technology
CHICAGO, IL -- (Marketwire) -- 02/21/13 -- High Tech Views, a
premier technology publication and this year's sponsor of the 17th
annual Kinetic Process Innovation Awards, announces five award
winners whose technology has made a significant contribution to
supporting business growth and achievement for their customers.
Additionally, one Vision Award winner has been named for a product or
service accomplishment that exhibits the greatest potential for
helping to solve and transform a critical business challenge using
technological innovation.
The 2013 recipient of the Vision Award is Jenoptik Laser for its
innovative robot-based 3D metal cutting laser machine,
JENOPTIK-VOTAN(R) BIM. The Vision Award honors one company that
exemplifies a technology breakthrough which Jenoptik clearly
demonstrated. The award is judged on three key themes: Innovation,
Value, and Impact.
"Numerous cutting edge applications were submitted this year ranging
from Jenoptik's laser robot to document management systems and energy
harvesting solutions that are making a significant impact on the
competiveness and success of the organizations they serve," said Drew
Barrows, deputy editor of High Tech Views. "As in past years, with
the wide range of technologies represented, the judges found it
particularly challenging to make their final selections. The winners,
however, exemplify a focus on solutions that increase efficiencies
and provide valuable ROI for their customers."
The 2013 Kinetic Process Innovation Award winners are:
-- EastNets, New York City and Dubai, for the deployment of its
en.Service Bureau solution at the Ansbacher Bahamas for SWIFT
connectivity, helping the bank reduce complexity, cost and risk
related to payments and other international financial transactions.
-- EnOcean, San Ramon, CA and Frankfurt, Germany, for its energy
harvesting solutions deployed in the Ruby House, a state of the art
private residence and "green" house in Salt Lake City, Utah.
-- iQuate, San Francisco, CA and Dublin, Ireland, and Palisade Consulting
Group, for excellent in service and deployment of a powerful discovery
platform to optimize highly complex IT environments, including
enterprise server technologies from Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, and
VMWare, among others.
-- Notable Solutions (NSi), Rockville, MD, for its implementation of
NSi(R)AutoStore(TM) at Toyota Industries of North America to
manage documents, assure security and create a collaborative
environment that integrates with an SAP management system.
-- Omnify Software, Tewksbury, MA - Product Design Automation - for its
PLM application at Terrafugia, a growing aerospace company that
designs and manufactures revolutionary "flying cars."
About Kinetic Process Innovation Awards:
The awards program, founded by Kinetic Information LLC in 1996, is
sponsored by High Tech Views to recognize innovation in the
application of information technology. Awards focus on the business
benefits user organizations derive from their technology systems.
Winners are selected by a panel of experts consisting of independent
professionals who are recognized authorities in their fields. The
judging process is free of any vendor or other bias so the emphasis
remains on the business benefits provided by each winning
implementation.
Media Contact:
Valene Sanders
Process Innovation Award Coordinator
vsanders@kineticinfo.com
Tel: 617-800-5576